Tuesday 27 April 2010 Gourec to Rohan

Tuesday 27 April 2010 Gourec to Rohan 65km

Had a yummy breakfast at the B&B and left by way of the canal again.

From the canal path

Life is hard on the canal path :)

Once down the track a bit there is a system of lakes and the cycle path got a bit crazy with the signs sending us on a bit of a goose chase.  Translating the French signs and finding the path we chose to be walking only saw us have a giggle.  After wasting an hour and not making much ground (and being no where near the canal) we consulted the GPS and made a beeline for the canal cutting off quite a few km.  The short-cut took us through some lovely villages and right under a group of wind power generator thingys.


We rode on and still no sight of Tom and Anja but as we had made so many detours from the canal I wasnt too surprised.  I was just a bit worried we may not see them again without proper goodbyes as they have been good company.

The best part of the day was seeing an otter!!!  He was on the surface and dived when he saw us coming.  He swam up the canal a bit but hid in the banks before we could get a good look at him again.  Earlier on we saw a beaver like creature that Tom says is an introduced animal that the French try to remove.

We had a rest by a lock

I'd never seen a floating digger before

As the afternoon progressed we rode into Rohan and past a nice campground but alas it, like all the other campgrounds, was closed until early May.  So it was fill up the water bottles and ride on looking for a nice piece of ground to pitch the tent.  We started to get a bit nervous as the fields/woods/grass on the sides of the canal after Rohan were very wet and boggy, not ideal camping ground.  It all worked out when we spotted a little cleared area, it even has it's own little clear stream right next to it.

We expected to see Tom and Anja on the road but didnt see them all day.  We didnt know if they were in front of us or behind but as I write this who should we see riding down the path but Tom and Anja.

Every encounter with the French we have had has been so friendly, lots of Bonjour's, Bon Appetit's and Bonsoir's all very nice.